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Batsman
A batsman in the sport of cricket is a player whose speciality in the game is batting. The skills required to be a good batsman vary with the type of cricket game being played and the situation of the game. Generally a batsman is required to score runs as quickly as possible without taking unnecesary risks and losing his wicket. At other times a batsman may be required to simply occupy the crease (stay in) as long as possible so as to prevent the bowling team from winning the game before time runs out.
Batsmen also have specialties within the skill, some are opening batsmen meaning that they are the first players to bat in an innings. This specialty requires patience and fortitude to face the best opposition bowlers who are normally used first, typically these bowlers are fast bowlers so an ability against fast pitched bowling is useful. Following the opening batsmen are the middle order batsmen (sometimes #3 is not considered middle order). They are generally more free scoring than the openers partly because of their style and partly because the openers have hopefully tired the bowlers some. After the recognized batsmen the batting team's bowlers bat, particularily bad batsman are known as "rabbits". An all-rounder may occupy any position in the batting lineup but few are opening batsmen and obviously none are rabbits (or they wouldn't be all-rounders!) The wicket-keeper also bats and is expected to be at least an adequate batsman, the choice of wicket-keepers for international teams is often influenced by their batting ability. All of the above is a generalism and many exceptions can be found in the history of cricket.
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Cricket terminology | Cricketer
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